Torches

Examples

• The soldier with the basket soon got a light, and lighted three or four torches, and took one himself and distributed the others. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Boats were putting off, torches were lighting up, people were rushing tumultuously to the water's edge. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• By the light of the torches, we saw the black Hulk lying out a little way from the mud of the shore, like a wicked Noah's ark. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He sees the soldiers, with their red coats lighted up by the torches carried afore, closing in round him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I left a guard to protect this treasure of dust; and ordered perpetual torches to be burned around. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Their only available light for going deeply into the caverns would be torches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Light this halt of the pilgrims by the wild red flames of cressets and torches, streaming up at intervals from every part of the innumerable throng. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A last flash of innumerable torches, a last burst of frenzied mirth, then darkness and quiet—the Dionysia was ended. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Then, the ends of the torches were flung hissing into the water, and went out, as if it were all over with him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I had hold of Joe's hand now, and Joe carried one of the torches. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The torches we carried dropped great blotches of fire upon the track, and I could see those, too, lying smoking and flaring. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• No fewer than four silver candelabras, holding great waxen torches, served to illuminate this apartment. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Torches were now brought, the wild music burst out anew, and the revellers prepared to escort their Demarch back to the Acropolis. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The torches pale in the growing light. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Burning torches were thrown by machines, made of cords and springs, over a city wall, and it became a great study to find the best burning compound with which to cover these torches. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Presently we saw other torches kindled at some distance behind us, and others on the marshes on the opposite bank of the river. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Light those torches. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Had I known you three were coming, I would have brought men, torches, food, wine, and all the rest of it, to make you comfortable. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It was dark now, and torches were kindled. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Will horsemen carry torches and pass them one to another during the race? Plato. The Republic.

Edited by Ervin